Riley Fellows in the News: May 25, 2022
| John Hagerty (Lowcountry, Fall 2009) of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, was honored by Spoleto Festival USA with the 2020 Mary Ramsay Civic Award (delayed due to COVID-19). Read more
Stacey Mills (Upstate, Spring 2015), senior pastor at Mountain View Baptist Church, was named executive director of the Greenville Racial Equity and Economic Mobility Commission. Read more Dominik Mjartan (Midlands, Spring 2019), president and CEO of Optus Bank, is now a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Advisory Committee on Community Banking. Read more Faith Polkey (Lowcountry, Fall 2012) was named CEO of Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton Comprehensive Health Services. Read more Brenda Thames (Upstate, Fall 2009), vice president and chief academic officer for Prisma Health, provost for the Health Sciences Center, and associate dean for the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, was awarded the Order of the Palmetto. Read more Among those honored at the first annual Lowcountry Diversity Leadership Awards, presented by SC Biz News in partnership with the Riley Institute, are Shawn Spann Edwards (Lowcountry, Fall 2013), chief inclusive excellence officer at The Citadel, who received the individual award; Willette Burnham-Williams (Lowcountry, Fall 2008), chief equity officer at the Medical University of South Carolina, who received the lifetime achievement award; Sh’Kur Francis (Statewide, Fall 2020), senior pastor at Main Street United Methodist Church of Columbia, who received a young professional/rising star award; Sean Holleran (Lowcountry, Fall 2021), vice president of retail and small business banking for First National Bank, who received a young professional/rising star award; and Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative, led by Phyllis Martin (Upstate, Fall 2005), which received the team/collaboration – noteworthy network award. Read more |